1. 1/20/15
Do Now:
Take out your annotated chunks of MLK’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”.
Begin work on the MLK Web and Worksheet.
Homework:
Review for summative tomorrow.
Extension Activity Due TONIGHT!!!
Content Objective (What): Students will review and summarize Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, diction, syntax, and tone in MLK’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”.
Language Objective (How): Students will complete a web based on MLK’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” recording MLK’s use of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, diction, syntax, and tone in order to connect them to the central idea

2. Midterm Review after school
Look Ahead:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1/12
MLK “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
1/13
1/14
1/15
1/16
1/19
No School
MLK Jr. Day
1/20
Finish MLK “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
1/21
In-class Summative for Rhetoric
10 points - annotations 40 points - response
Midterm Review after school
1/22
Multiple choice question work
1/23
1/26
Midterms
1/27
1/28
1/29
1/30

3. Questions for “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Dr
Questions for “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on your reading and understanding of “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, answer the following questions. Take some time to read through the questions. Ponder serious and thoughtful responses, discuss with your group, and be ready to discuss your answers with the class. 1. Summarize how MLK generally felt about civil disobedience (non-violently protesting laws he saw as morally wrong). 2. What ideas and emotions in the letter had the greatest impact on you? 3. How do you think the eight clergymen King wrote this letter to felt after reading it? Why? 4. In your opinion, was King right or wrong to criticize the eight clergymen? Do you generally support taking part in civil disobedient actions? Why or why not? 5. Do you agree with King’s belief that you need to create tension in order to have reform come about? Why or why not? 6. Do you agree with King’s distinction between just and unjust laws? Why or why not?

5. What You Should Do Now: Break into your groups
As a group, complete the web
- Be sure to identify and connect to the central idea.
As a group, complete/review the questions on the back.
Share out as a class

7. Supporting Rhetorical Devices BODY PARAGRAPH POWER COMBOS!
LAYER 1
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Choose ONE for Claim
- Support with 1-2 rhetorical strategies from Layer 2 or Layer 3 in body paragraphs
LAYER 2
Diction, Syntax, Tone, Irony
- OR -
Choose ONE for Claim
- Support with 1-2 rhetorical strategies from Layer 2 or Layer 3 in body paragraphs
LAYER 3
Denotation, Connotation, Allusion, Imagery, Parallelism, Enumeration, Paradox, Rhetorical Questions, Anaphora
Supporting Rhetorical Devices
Usually, you should NOT include these in your claim!
CLAIM: The author uses__________ to support the central message that_______________.
CLAIM
SYNTAX
DICTION
TONE
BODY PARAGRAPH POWER COMBOS!
Body Paragraphs
Parallelism – Enumeration – Anaphora – Rhetorical Questions
Connotation - Denotation
Diction – Syntax – Connotation - Denotation

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